MISR Level 2
Entry Title: MISR and MODIS fusion cloud product V00
Entry ID: MODMISR_L2_CP_V00
Clouds Radiation Budget Tropospheric Composition
Description
The MODIS-MISR Fusion Cloud Product (MMFCP), part of NASA's MEaSUREs project "A New 22-Year Earth System Data Record of Cloud-Top Heights and High-Cloud Emissivities from Terra MODIS-MISR Fusion to Investigate the Climatology and Variability of Heights and Optical Properties of Two-Layered Cloud Systems" (22-MEASURE22-0061) , provides granule-level retrievals of two-layered cloud-top properties and high-cloud optical properties for both multi-layered and single-layered cloud systems. By fusing MISR and MODIS data, MMFCP leverages the strengths of both sensors to overcome individual limitations, significantly reducing MODIS biases in thin high-cloud retrievals above thick low clouds by over 75%. This enhancement minimizes errors in modeled top-of-atmosphere longwave cloud radiative effects by 5–45 Wm⁻², contributing to improved cloud property assessments.
Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- TROPOSPHERIC OZONE
- CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- CLOUD TOP HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- TOTAL OZONE > ATMOSPHERIC OZONE > OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
- CLOUD EMISSIVITY > CLOUD RADIATIVE TRANSFER
Data Distribution
File Format(s):
netCDF-4
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Spatial Information
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal Vertical
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations
GLOBAL
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 1999-12-04 - 2026-04-17